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The first round is over! Results and Round Two can be seen here!

Who's up for The Science Fiction & Fantasy Stack Exchange's own (slightly belated) version of March Madness?

For all the info, see here.

Here's how to participate:

I will post two answers to this question.

One will be for voting. It will have all 24 primary brackets on it. Any site member with a SF&F SE account older than two weeks as of 4/25/2016 may vote. To do so, simply leave a single comment with the 24 shows you think are better. Put Pass and the bracket's number if you don't want to vote on a specific bracket. Attempting to vote more than once will result in none of your votes counting. At 6pm ET, in exactly one week, voting will close. I will see which 24 shows won their brackets and will post an update for Week Two.

The other answer will be for predicting the winner. This week only, any member with a SF&F SE account older than two weeks as of 4/25/2016 may comment their prediction on the answer. I will record all the predictions and will have a raffle for all the correct ones. The winner will receive a 100 rep bounty on their best site answer, as determined by me.

Please do not leave an answer on this page. If you have an additional question, comment, or gripe that your favorite show isn't on the list, please comment on the main question, not either of the answers.

You can chat about the event here.

Have fun and May the Force be with you/ Live long and prosper/ Keep Flying/ Live together, die alone/ Cowabunga!/ Fear the Living, Fight the Dead...

And remember, choose wisely!

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    Why the "account older than two weeks" restriction? IMO it would make more sense to have a rep-based restriction, since you need at least 50 (?) rep to post comments anyway.
    – Rand al'Thor Mod
    Commented Apr 26, 2016 at 0:54
  • @Randal'Thor I want to prevent the (highly unlikely) creation of multiple accounts solely to vote for people's favorite shows.
    – Rogue Jedi
    Commented Apr 26, 2016 at 0:56
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    What winner are we guessing on? The final result after all rounds?
    – user31178
    Commented Apr 26, 2016 at 2:56
  • I think anaranjada's model is better for answering the votes : "1. The Next Generation, 3. My Little Pony, 5. Nu-Who, 23. Quantum Leap, 24. Firefly. Pass on the rest."
    – Kalissar
    Commented Apr 26, 2016 at 7:47
  • Where is I Dream of Jeannie? Where is Lexx?
    – user14111
    Commented Apr 26, 2016 at 8:59
  • @creationedge Yes, the final winner.
    – Rogue Jedi
    Commented Apr 26, 2016 at 10:22
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    Whoever's voting to close this, I got explicit permission from multiple moderators.
    – Rogue Jedi
    Commented Apr 26, 2016 at 18:18
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    You need to post the actual bracket now, before we know the outcome of the first round. As in, which matchup's winner will compete with the winner of the Star Trek matchup? Do we go with the next one on the list, i.e. Futurama/Rick and Morty, or did you have something more evenly-matched (and less apples and Ferraris) in mind?
    – Martha
    Commented Apr 26, 2016 at 18:22
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    Also, is there some way to distinguish between Pass = I have no clue what these shows are vs. Pass = both of these shows suck? Or for that matter, is there some way to give extra weight to "I vote for A because it's a vastly superior show to B" vs. "I vote for A because I've never heard of B" vs. "I vote for A because, although I've never heard of it, it had to be better than B, which was one of the worst things on TV"?
    – Martha
    Commented Apr 26, 2016 at 18:29
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    @Martha You're overcomplicating it ;-)
    – Rand al'Thor Mod
    Commented Apr 26, 2016 at 18:32
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    @Martha That was in reply to your wish to distinguish between different kinds of votes and passes. Yes, it'd be a nice thing to do, but it's already hard enough to make some of these choices - if we complicated it like that, fewer people would bother voting :-) To your first question, I suspect the answer is that RJ will choose new pairings based on which shows emerge as the winners in the first round. The pairings we have already were chosen by RoJal decree, after all ...
    – Rand al'Thor Mod
    Commented Apr 26, 2016 at 18:59
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    @user14111 : I second that --- where is Lexx??
    – Praxis
    Commented Apr 26, 2016 at 20:05
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    Also, I feel X-Files / Fringe is a better head-to-head than LOST / X-Files, imho. (But I'm happy we're doing this, regardless!)
    – Praxis
    Commented Apr 26, 2016 at 20:06
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    I like the idea of new initiatives and this is very creative. I'm just missing the "why?" Why are we doing this? Why should we participate? [It could also be my FUN subroutine has been deleted.]
    – Reinstate Monica - Goodbye SE
    Commented Apr 27, 2016 at 15:28
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    @Wikis Several reasons. 1. To do this. 2. To see what properties are more and most popular with the site's membership. 3. To encourage regularly visiting the site.
    – Rogue Jedi
    Commented Apr 27, 2016 at 18:00

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VOTE (Here)!

  1. Trek Yourself Before You Wreck Yourself: Star Trek: The Original Series / Star Trek: The Next Generation
  2. Not Your Children’s’ Cartoons: Futurama / Rick and Morty
  3. Fun For All Ages: Adventure Time / My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic
  4. The Family That Slays Together: Buffy the Vampire Slayer / Angel
  5. Who Are You? Who, Who, Who, Who?: Classic Doctor Who / Nu-Who
  6. The Element Of Surprise: Avatar: The Last Airbender / The Legend of Korra
  7. Mysteries And Stuff: LOST / X-Files
  8. Batman V Batman: Dawn of Batman: Batman (‘60s) / Batman: The Animated Series
  9. What A Twist!: The Twilight Zone (Original) / The Outer Limits (Original)
  10. Jedi Did Not See That Coming: Star Wars: The Clone Wars / Star Wars: Rebels
  11. Turtle Power!: TMNT (Original) / TMNT (2012)
  12. No Spoilers!: Game of Thrones / The Walking Dead
  13. Space And Stuff: Battlestar Galactica (2004) / Babylon 5
  14. DC on CW: Arrow / The Flash (2014)
  15. This IS A Place For A Hero: The Spectacular Spider-Man / Justice League Unlimited
  16. Aussies and Brits: Farscape / Red Dwarf
  17. Simply Marvelous: Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D / Daredevil
  18. Currently Airing Fantasy: Supernatural / Once Upon a Time
  19. The Spin-Offs: Stargate: SG-1 / The Sarah Connor Chronicles
  20. The Classics: The Incredible Hulk (1978) / The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (TV series)
  21. Animation Across The Nation(s): Transformers (1984) / Gravity Falls
  22. Pretty Funny: Sabrina the Teenage Witch / ALF
  23. Time After Time: Quantum Leap / Torchwood
  24. There Are Two Left Over And I Can’t Think Of Any Connection But They Both Start With F, So Let’s Go With That: Firefly / Fringe
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    MODEL COMMENT: 1. Star Trek: The Original Series, 2. Pass, 3. Pass, 4. Pass, 5. Nu-Who, 6. Avatar the Last Airbender, 7. LOST, 8. Batman (60's), 9. The Twilight Zone, 10. Star Wars: The Clone Wars. 11. TMNT (2012), 12. Pass, 13. Pass, 14. Pass, 15. The Spectacular Spiderman, 16. Pass, 17. Daredevil, 18. Pass, 19. Pass, 20. The Incredible Hulk, 21. Gravity Falls, 22. Pass, 23. Quantum Leap, 24. Firefly
    – Rogue Jedi
    Commented Apr 25, 2016 at 20:53
  • 1.Star Trek: The Next Generation, 2.Futurama, 3.Adventure Time, 4. Buffy the Vampire Slayer, 5. Nu-Who 6. Avatar: The Last Airbender, 7. Pass, 8. Batman: The Animated Series, 9. The Twilight Zone (Original), 10. Pass, 11. TMNT (Original), 12. The Walking Dead, 13. Pass, 14. Arrow, 15: Justice League Unlimited, 16. Farscape, 17. Pass, 18. Supernatural, 19. Stargate: SG-1, 20. The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (TV series), 21. Transformers (1984), 22. Sabrina the Teenage Witch, 23. Torchwood, 24. Firefly.
    – AncientSwordRage Mod
    Commented Apr 25, 2016 at 21:07
  • 1. Star Trek: The Next Generation, 2. Futurama, 3. Pass, 4. Angel, 5. Nu-Who, 6. Pass, 7. X-Files, 8. Batman: The Animated Series, 9. Pass, 10. Pass, 11. TMNT (Original), 12. Game of Thrones, 13. Pass, 14. Arrow, 15. Pass, 16. Pass, 17. Daredevil, 18. Supernatural, 19. Pass, 20. Pass, 21. Pass, 22. Sabrina the Teenage Witch, 23. Quantum Leap, 24. Firefly.
    – TARS
    Commented Apr 25, 2016 at 23:15
  • 1. Pass 2. Rick and Morty 3-7. Pass. 8. Batman (60's) 9. Twilight Zone 10. Pass 11. TMNT (2012) 12. The Walking Dead 13-19. Pass 20. Hulk 21. Transformers 22. ALF 23. Quantum Leap 24. Pass
    – Wad Cheber
    Commented Apr 26, 2016 at 0:08
  • 1. TOS 2. Rick and Morty 3. My Little Pony 4. Angel 5. Nu-Who 6. The Last Airbender 7. X-Files 8. Batman: TAS 9. The Twilight Zone 10. The Clone Wars 11. TMNT (Original) 12. The Walking Dead 13. Galactica 14. The Flash 15. Justice League Unlimited 16. Farscape 17. Daredevil (Netflix) 18. Supernatural 19. SG-1 20. Hitchhikers Guide 21. Transformers 22. ALF 23. Torchwood 24. Fringe
    – Thaddeus Howze
    Commented Apr 26, 2016 at 0:15
  • 1. Star Trek: The Next Generation, 2. Pass, 3. My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, 4. Angel, 5. Nu-Who, 6. The Legend of Korra, 7. X-Files, 8. Batman: The Animated Series, 9. The Twilight Zone, 10. Star Wars: The Clone Wars, 11. Pass, 12. Game of Thrones, 13. Battlestar Galactica, 14. Arrow, 15. Justice League Unlimited, 16. Farscape, 17. Daredevil, 18. Once Upon a Time, 19. The Sarah Connor Chronicles, 20. The Incredible Hulk, 21. Gravity Falls, 22. Sabrina The Teenage Witch, 23. Torchwood, 24. Firefly
    – Adamant
    Commented Apr 26, 2016 at 0:26
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    1. The Next Generation, 3. My Little Pony, 5. Nu-Who, 23. Quantum Leap, 24. Firefly. Pass on the rest.
    – Molag Bal
    Commented Apr 26, 2016 at 1:14
  • 1. TNG 2. Futurama 3. Pass 4. Angel 5. Modern Who 6. OMG IDK! Korra! 7. X-Files 8. B:TaS 9. TZ 10. Clone Wars 11. Movies? TMNT 2012 12. TWD 13. BSG 14. The Flash 15. JLU 16. Farscape 17. Daredevil 18. Supernatural 19. SG-1 20. Pass 21. Pass. 22. Sabrina 23. Torchwood 24. Fringe (sorry, I <3 FF, but Fringe actually got more than 1 season...)
    – user31178
    Commented Apr 26, 2016 at 1:58
  • 1. Star Trek: The next generation. 2. Pass. 3. Pass. 4. Angel. 5. Pass. 6. Avatar: The Last airbender. 7. X-files. 8. Pass. 9. Pass. 10. Star wars: The Clone wars. 11. TMNT (Original). 12. The Walking dead. 13. Battlestar Galactica. 14. Arrow. 15. Pass. 16. Pass. 17. Agents of shield. 18. Supernatural. 19. SG1. 20. Pass. 21. Pass. 22. ALF. 23. Pass. 24. Firefly
    – Cherubel
    Commented Apr 26, 2016 at 7:14
  • 1. Pass 2. Futurama 3. Adventure Time 4. Buffy 5. Pass 6. Pass 7. Lost 8. Batman: TAS 9. Pass 10. Pass 11. TMNT (Original) 12. Game of Thrones 13. Battlestar Galactica 14. Arrow 15. Justice League Unlimited 16. Pass 17. Daredevil 18. Supernatural 19. SG1 20. Pass 21. Pass 22. Sabrina 23. Pass 24. Fringe
    – Kalissar
    Commented Apr 26, 2016 at 7:49
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    1. Pass 2. Pass 3. Pass 4. Pass 5. Pass 6. Pass 7. Pass 8. Pass 9. Pass 10. Pass 11. Pass 12. Pass 13. Pass 14. Pass 15. Pass 16. Pass 17. Pass 18. Pass 19. Pass 20. Pass 21. Pass 22. Pass 23. Pass 24. Pass
    – user14111
    Commented Apr 26, 2016 at 8:26
  • 1. New Doctor Who!
    – Eithne
    Commented Apr 26, 2016 at 14:10
  • 1. Star Trek: The Next Generation, 2. Futurama, 3. My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, 4. Buffy the Vampire Slayer, 5. Nu-Who, 6. The Legend of Korra, 7. X-Files, 8. Batman: The Animated Series, 9. The Outer Limits (Original), 10. Star Wars: The Clone Wars, 11. TMNT (2012), 13. Babylon 5, 14. The Flash (2014), 15. Justice League Unlimited, 16. Farscape, 17. Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D, 18. Once Upon a Time, 19. Stargate: SG-1, 20. The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (TV series), 21. Gravity Falls, 22. Sabrina the Teenage Witch, 23. Quantum Leap, 24. Firefly
    – littlefeltfangs
    Commented Apr 26, 2016 at 14:57
  • 10. Star Wars: Rebels, 14. The Flash (2014), 17. Daredevil, 24. Firefly. Pass on the rest.
    – ibid
    Commented Apr 26, 2016 at 16:09
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    1. Pass, 2. Pass, 3. My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, 4. Pass, 5. Pass, 6. Pass, 7. Pass, 8. Pass, 9. Pass, 10. Pass, 11. Pass, 12. Pass, 13. Pass, 14. Pass, 15. Pass, 16. Pass, 17. Pass, 18. Pass, 19. Pass, 20. Pass, 21. Pass, 22. Pass, 23. Pass, 24. Firefly.
    – b_jonas
    Commented May 2, 2016 at 9:01
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Predictions are now over!

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    New Doctor Who!
    – Rand al'Thor Mod
    Commented Apr 25, 2016 at 20:39
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    My Little Pony. Not because it will win, but because it would be funny if it did.
    – Molag Bal
    Commented Apr 25, 2016 at 20:41
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    While it's not my favorite, I predict Star Trek: The Next Generation. I won''t count my prediction, it's just for fun.
    – Rogue Jedi
    Commented Apr 25, 2016 at 20:42
  • Daredevil should do it.
    – Thaddeus Howze
    Commented Apr 26, 2016 at 0:16
  • Game of thrones
    – Cherubel
    Commented Apr 26, 2016 at 7:15
  • Daredevil ! Here are some chars to be able to post the comment -.-'
    – Kalissar
    Commented Apr 26, 2016 at 7:51
  • I vote New Doctor Who. It's a great and world-wide-loved show, with lots of fans.
    – Eithne
    Commented Apr 26, 2016 at 14:25
  • Buffy the Vampire Slayer
    – littlefeltfangs
    Commented Apr 26, 2016 at 14:56
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    What ought to win: Firefly. What will actually win (probably): Game of Thrones. (Though as much as I despise, detest, hate, and abhor GRRM's writing, the TV show is surprisingly watchable.)
    – Martha
    Commented Apr 26, 2016 at 18:15
  • TNG will be the clear winner.
    – Valorum
    Commented Apr 26, 2016 at 18:34
  • Batman: The Animated Series
    – System Down
    Commented Apr 26, 2016 at 20:33
  • Although I voted for TOS, I'm certain TNG will win. Effortlessly.
    – Praxis
    Commented Apr 26, 2016 at 22:09
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    Firefly, not because it's necessarily the best on the list (although it might be), but down to the never-ending browncoat protest over moronic cancellations.
    – Captain Cranium
    Commented Apr 26, 2016 at 22:48
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    TNG, based on our tags.
    – user31178
    Commented Apr 27, 2016 at 2:16
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    Star Trek: The Original Series. That which is dead can never die... err.... it's Star Trek, original Trek. 'Nough said.
    – Eric McCormick
    Commented Apr 28, 2016 at 23:29

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